Govind Sharma
JAMMU, May 6: At least 80 Covid vaccination centres in Srinagar district and 20 in Jammu could not conduct the vaccination drive today as their stocks have run dry while the Government has been waiting eagerly for the fresh batch of stocks for which they have already placed orders.
Official sources told Excelsior that for last few days, many Government-designated COVID vaccination centres across J&K could not continue the vaccination drive as whatever supply of vaccines they had received from the Government, has been used and now their stocks are empty. Among all 20 districts of the UT, Srinagar district has been badly affected due to shortage of vaccines as in over 80 centres the vaccination drive could not take place today while in Jammu district, over 20 centres could not offer vaccination services.
Covid Vaccine Shortage Shuts 80 Centres Shut In Srinagar, 20 In Jammu
SRINAGAR: At least 80 Covid vaccination centres in Srinagar district and 20 in Jammu could not conduct the vaccination drive today as their stocks have run dry while the Government has been waiting eagerly for the fresh batch of stocks for which they have already placed orders, Jammu based newspaper
Daily Excelsior reported.
Excelsior quoting official sources told that for last few days, many Government-designated COVID vaccination centres across J&K could not continue the vaccination drive as whatever supply of vaccines they had received from the Government, has been used and now their stocks are empty. Among all 20 districts of the UT, Srinagar district has been badly affected due to shortage of vaccines as in over 80 centres the vaccination drive could not take place today while in Jammu district, over 20 centres could not offer vaccination services.
Family protests against doctors at SDH Kangan
Family protests against doctors at SDH Kangan
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 11: A patient along with his relatives today alleged that they were asked to get surgery done privately even after they were made to get the required medicines at Sub-District Hospital Kangan.
The patient who identified himself as Mudasir Ahmad, son of Mohammad Ashraf Rather, a resident of Kangan during a protest demonstration said that he was asked by the concerned surgeon at the hospital to undergo an Ortho-Surgery, however, the same, as per the patient was stalled by the concerned Anaesthetist.
“I was told to undergo Ortho-Surgery the Anaesthetist deferred it for two months and later asked me to get the surgery done at Khyber Hospital,” he said.
A tourist from Madhya Pradesh died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in Srinagar on Monday morning.
An official said that Pankaj Gupta son of Ashok Gupta, a resident of Madhya Pradesh was found lying unconscious at Hotel Ibni Gani in Munawarabad locality of Srinagar today morning
He said that Gupta was rushed to Khyber Hospital for treatment, where he died due to a massive heart attack.
The official said that after completion of legal formalities, the body of the deceased would be flown back to Madhya Pradesh (KNO)
Health system needs a revamp
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The writer is a practising lawyer. He holds PHD in Political Science and heads a think-tank ‘Good Governance Forum’. He can be reached at [email protected]
Good governance is the aspiration of every citizen, yearning to have good things of life and to enjoy fundamental rights through better service delivery. Knowing well the sentiments of the people, the political parties, international organisations and non-governmental organisations also highlight “good governance” as their first priority.
In the same flow, the main focus of the PTI during and before the election had been to provide good governance and achieve the goals of sustainable development, with a focus on human and social development. Therefore, their repeated emphasis was on not to believe in raising mega projects like motorways, metro bus services or other super struct